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Aidan is a reporter at GrepBeat covering tech startups and entrepreneurs. He is working towards a degree in neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his free time, he enjoys reading and playing sports.
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Raleigh’s Churn Assassin Helps Teams Identify And Prevent Potential User Churn

April 30, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
Brian Polackoff has founded multiple companies throughout his career. While working with one of these previous companies, Vairkko, he realized just how frustrating client cancellations can be.  “I took it […]
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Raleigh’s BuilderPad Streamlines Communication For Building Projects

April 10, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
When Hill Dickerson moved into a new house, he discovered that his next-door neighbor Mark Thompson was a software developer and entrepreneur. Around the same time, Dickerson’s company of eighteen […]
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Raleigh Startup Tarka Arms Go-to-Market Teams With AI Agents

April 1, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
Dan Moore started programming at age eight. After later graduating from Georgia Tech with a degree in computer science, he realized he didn’t want to work for a larger company.   […]
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Raleigh’s EVOPod Is Using AI And Robotics To Craft EV-Charging Retail Stations

March 18, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
Many members of Hermes Ventura’s family make their living in the convenience store business. Ventura followed in their footsteps in 2021, opening his own retail store in Greensboro, NC—and quickly […]
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Rocky Mount Startup Helps Users Invest With (Artificial) Intelligence

February 13, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
Corey Nida never went to college. Instead, he learned six languages on his own and taught himself the intricacies of artificial intelligence technology along the way. Now, he wants to […]
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Durham-Based Argoneta Is Designing Underwater Habitats

January 30, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
In 2021, Ivan Francis spent 24 hours in Key Largo, Florida—25 feet underwater. He stayed in Jules Undersea Lodge, an underwater hotel and one of the few true underwater habitats […]
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Raleigh’s KLEAP Technologies Arms Small Businesses Against Cyber Attacks

January 16, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
Cyber attacks increased by a staggering 50.1% in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. As small and large businesses alike were forced into remote working environments, many in the […]
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Simplified Shipping: Cary Startup Deliveri Helps Small Businesses Ship Overseas

January 7, 2025 Aidan Lockhart
Popular e-commerce sites such as Shopify and Etsy enable small business owners to sell their products worldwide. However, exorbitant shipping costs can still present barriers when such businesses attempt to […]

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